Digital transformation

    Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Bến Tre Nguyễn Hữu Lập addresses the seminar “E-commerce-breakthrough solutions for businesses”, held in the southern province of Bến Tre on Tuesday. — Photo bentre.gov.vn HÀ NỘI — E-commerce allows small and medium enterprises to close the gap between them and large enterprises thanks to the equal and flexible competitiveness of the digital business environment. The remark was made by Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Bến Tre Nguyễn Hữu Lập at the seminar titled ‘E-commerce-breakthrough solutions for businesses’, held in the southern province of Bến Tre on Tuesday. The event, attended by provincial authorities and more than 300 enterprises in the Mekong Delta region, aimed to share and update information on the trend of e-commerce development in the country. It created favourable conditions for … [Read more...] about E-commerce narrows gaps between businesses

  Director Nguyễn Danh Dũng and the film crew of Về Nhà Đi Con (Come Home, My Dear) are presented at the awarding ceremony of VTV Awards 2019. Photo courtesy of VTV HÀ NỘI – Television blockbuster Về Nhà Đi Con (Come Home, My Dear) scooped up three gongs at the VTV Awards 2019 on Saturday. As well as Impressive TV Series, Bảo Thanh and People’s Artist Trung Anh also won Impressive Actress and Impressive Actor awards, respectively, for their roles in the drama on Việt Nam Television (VTV). It surrounds the life of a widower and his three daughters. Inspired by family issues, the 85-episode series depicted troubles anyone may face in life, with the characters expressing family love and tolerance that touched viewers’ hearts. Director Nguyễn Danh Dũng said he felt deeply moved and that the success belongs to all the film crew. Previously, the film crew also … [Read more...] about Family drama honoured as best TV series of year

Over the past years, Southeast Asian investment into Vietnam has contributed to improving national development (Photo: Le Toan) Vietnam will officially undertake its role as ASEAN chair on January 1, 2020, but will recive the position in early November, the third time it has held the responsibility after 1998 and 2010. “Acting as ASEAN chair will be the responsibility and the benefit of the Vietnamese country and its people,” stated Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh at a recent meeting of the 2020 ASEAN National Committee. According to DPM Minh, over past decades the ASEAN has been growing from strength to strength, but it has not all been plain sailing. What is most important is that the ASEAN needs to ensure its great solidarity and maintain its central role in overcoming all challenges and effectively responding to all rapid changes and complexities of the international situation. Major contributions On the sidelines of Japanese Emperor … [Read more...] about Vietnam welcomes ASEAN chair status

  Officials and experts have suggested the development of a shared database, on which tax and customer agencies and banks work together to collect taxes from online sellers. - Photo thehekhoinghiep.com HÀ NỘI – There should be a shared database of online sellers to make sure tax collection in e-commerce activities is sufficient, officials have said. A shared database was necessary because there is no specific measure to calculate revenues, sales and expenses of organisations and individuals selling goods and services online, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam E-commerce and Information Technology Agency deputy director Lại Việt Anh. The main difficulty with collecting tax from e-commerce activities for government agencies was they were unable to address the revenues of online sellers, not to mention calculating tax rates for them, she said. The shared database should be used regularly by tax agencies, … [Read more...] about Shared database needed to fight tax loss in e-commerce